This is the information page about the shipwreck Cumberland, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 31.552 N,7 15.222 W (55.30775, -7.0756333333333)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: CUMBERLAND

Length 158.5 meter, width: 19.5 meter, draught: 11.6, tonnage 10939 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: ex-wenderland. built in 1919 by bremer vulkan schiffbau, vagesack. owned at time of loss by federal steam nav co ltd, london. triple expansion engine with turbine of 1270 ihp, single shaft. passage glasgow & liverpool for curacao & dunedin. torpedoed u-57 while part of convoy ob 202. four men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H0881/40 24.10.40 H0881/40 24.10.40 POSN 553115N, 071500W. A/S CONTACT OBTAINED 26.9.40 WHILST PASSING THROUGH PATCH OF OIL. FIXED BY VISUAL BEARINGS. (HMS KEPPEL, 26.9.40). INS AS DW.

- NM 2515/40. H0881/40 15.5.59 H0881/40 15.5.59 EXAM'D IN 553130N, 071506W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 120FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 147 IN GEN DEPTH 188FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS VIDAL). AMEND TO NDW IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1851/59. H1173/66 12.12.66 H1173/66 12.12.66 AMEND TO WK 25FMS IN 553134N, 071512W. (AUTHORITY NOT NOTED). BR STD. 20.3.68 20.3.68 LEAST E/S DEPTH 24 IN GEN DEPTH 28FMS. (HMS HECATE, HI 41/67). H4131/68 11.6.68 H4131/68 11.6.68 EXAM'D IN 553136N, 071515W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 144 IN GEN DEPTH 171FT. LIES ON FLAT SEABED. (HMS HECATE, ROS DTD 22.12.67). AMEND TO WK 24FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2265/73 13.6.73 H2265/73 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 44MTRS. NC 2811. H3740/69 16.10.74 H3740/69 16.10.74 REPD POSN 553136N, 073300W. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE). NCA. H2175/81 12.1.81 H2175/81 12.1.81 EXAM'D 13.11.79 IN 553134N, 071510W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS, LENGTH 165MTRS. LIES NEARLY INTACT WITH FUNNEL APPARENTLY STILL STANDING. ORIENTATED 100/280 DEGS. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). RETAIN AS WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/06 22.1.93 HH100/351/06 22.1.93 DIVED ON IN 553134N, 071510W. BROKEN UP BUT STILL STANDS AT LEAST 10MTRS HIGH. ORIENTATED 130/310 DEGS. (N SOTHY, 12.1.93). NCA. 26.4.07 26.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5531.552N, 0715.222W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. LENGTH 152MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS, HT 8.1MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 130/310 DEGS. INTACT WITH MINOR SCOUR CLOSE N. BOWS PROBABLY ESE. AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 46.63MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 46MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, MINOR SCOUR CLOSE N, BOWS ESE

Position: 55 31.552 N,7 15.222 W

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